The 2017 Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
| Duration | 23 March 2017 – 4 November 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 27 |
| Most wins |  Aaron Rai (3) |
| Rankings |  Tapio Pulkkanen |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar | Barclays Kenya Open | Kenya | 220,000 | Aaron Rai (1) |
12 | ||
| 23 Apr | Turkish Airlines Challenge | Turkey | 200,000 | Ryan Evans (1) |
12 | ||
| 14 May | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 500,000 | Matt Wallace (1) |
18 | EUR | |
| 21 May | Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 | Spain | 200,000 | Aaron Rai (2) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 28 May | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 180,000 |  Julian Suri (1) |
12 | ||
| 4 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 170,000 |  Joel Girrbach (1) |
12 | ||
| 11 Jun | KPMG Trophy | Belgium | 170,000 |  Martin Wiegele (4) |
12 | ||
| 18 Jun | Hauts de France Golf Open | France | 200,000 |  Julien Guerrier (1) |
12 | ||
| 25 Jun | Made in Denmark Challenge | Denmark | 180,000 |  Oscar Stark (1) |
12 | ||
| 2 Jul | SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge | Scotland | 250,000 | Richard McEvoy (2) |
12 | ||
| 9 Jul | Prague Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 180,000 | Garrick Porteous (1) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 16 Jul | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 300,000 | Joel Sjöholm (1) |
12 | ||
| 23 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 210,000 | Aaron Rai (3)[c] |
12 | ||
| 30 Jul | Swedish Challenge | Sweden | 200,000 |  Estanislao Goya (3) |
12 | ||
| 6 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 180,000 | Paul Howard (1) |
12 | ||
| 13 Aug | Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open | Northern Ireland | 185,000 | Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1) |
12 | ||
| 20 Aug | Viking Challenge | Norway | 200,000 | Clément Sordet (3) |
12 | ||
| 26 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | 250,000 |  Pedro Oriol (1) |
12 | ||
| 3 Sep | Cordon Golf Open | France | 210,000 |  Birgir Hafþórsson (1) |
12 | ||
| 10 Sep | Bridgestone Challenge | England | 180,000 | Oscar Lengdén (1) |
12 | ||
| 17 Sep | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 180,000 | Julien Guerrier (2) |
12 | ||
| 24 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | 450,000 | Tapio Pulkkanen (1) |
13 | ||
| 1 Oct | Challenge de España | Spain | 200,000 | Victor Perez (1) |
12 | ||
| 15 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$350,000 |  Erik van Rooyen (1) |
13 | CHN | |
| 22 Oct | Foshan Open | China | US$500,000 |  Oliver Farr (2) |
13 | CHN | |
| 28 Oct | Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge | UAE | US$350,000 | Jens Dantorp (2) |
13 | ||
| 4 Nov | NBO Golf Classic Grand Final | Oman | 420,000 | Clément Sordet (4) |
17 | Flagship event |
Rankings edit
For full rankings, see 2017 Challenge Tour graduates.
The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.[5]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapio Pulkkanen |
210,799 |
| 2 | Clément Sordet |
181,312 |
| 3 | Erik van Rooyen |
160,876 |
| 4 | Aaron Rai |
139,435 |
| 5 | Marcus Kinhult |
139,419 |
Notes edit
- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
- ^ CHN − China Tour; EUR − European Tour.
- ^ Rai earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[2]
References edit
- ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Le Vaud-Rai win earns Aaron a European Tour card". European Tour. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "2017 Road to Oman". European Tour. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Sordet wins NBO Golf Classic Grand Final title, Pulkkanen is 'Road to Oman' champion". Times of Oman. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Pressreader.
- ^ "2017 European Challenge Tour: 15 money leaders who earned European Tour cards". Golf News Net. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023.